[A sannyasin, leaving, asks: How do I find when I am the witness?] It is something self-evident: when you are, you know it; no extemal proof is needed. If the question arises that means that you are not, otherwise the question does not arise at all. It is like having a headache: nobody asks...

Question 1 Beloved Osho, What does it mean when you say, "Just be yourself"? How can I be myself when I don't know who I am? I know many of my preferences, likings, dislikings and tendencies, which seem to be the outcome of a programmed biocomputer called the mind. Does just being oneself m...

Osho on Atisha Meditation Sutras Atisha's Sutra for Meditators: Grasp the principle of two witnesses. Always rely on just a happy frame of mind. Even though you are distracted, if you can do it, it is still mind training. Always observe the three general points. Change your inclination and ...

The Observer is the Observed Question 1 : Beloved Osho, There is a statement by J. Krishnamurti that "the Observer is the Observed." will you please kindly elaborate and explain what it means? The statement that “the observer is the observed” is one of the most significant things ever said ...

Question 3: Osho, Is the Watcher amused? The watcher cannot do anything except watch. If it is amused, it has lost its watching. There may be amusement but that will be part of the mind. The watcher will watch it, too. The watcher cannot do anything else but be a watcher. The moment it does...

As you become a witness, as you become aware, you simply come to know that you are not the body, not the mind, not even the heart. You are simply a watcher, different from all that surrounds you. The body is your outermost boundary; the mind a little more inner, the heart still more inner, ...

The human body is a mysterious mechanism. Its working is two-dimensional. In order to go to the outside, your consciousness goes through the senses to meet the world, to meet matter. But this is only one dimension of your body’s functions. Your body has another dimension also: it leads you ...

Question 1 Beloved Osho, Where is the witness when the observer and the observed become one? The observer and the observed are two aspects of the witness. When they disappear into each other, when they melt into each other, when they are one, the witness for the first time arises in its tot...

Observation, the constant observation of oneself, of the mind′s unconscious tendencies, awakens the consciousness and allows it to penetrate into the unconscious mind. The unconscious enters the conscious through the door of stupor, ignorance, intoxication and carelessness, and is able to d...

The One Observer of All Today’s first sutra says: “You are the one observer of all, and in reality always free.” The individual is the observer, not the observed. There are three types of people. Those who have become objects to be seen, performers – they are in the deepest darkness…. Secon...